fawny

F4A1W4N1Y4

adjective

Somewhat fawn in colour.

OriginIrish fáinne →
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Meanings

fawny1

adjectivefawny (comparative more fawny, superlative most fawny)

comparative more fawny · superlative most fawny

  1. Somewhat fawn in colour.

    The people thus afflicted cried out, that they saw their tormentors though invisible to every body else, in the shape of a little devil of a fawny colour, attended with spectres that had something more human in their forms.

    1822, Philip Stansbury, A Pedestrian Tour of Two Thousand Three Hundred Miles in North America

fawny2

nounfawny (plural fawnies)

plural fawnies · alternative fawney

  1. UKobsoleteslangA finger ring.

Origin

fawny · adjective

From fawn + -y.

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fawny · noun

  1. Irishfáinne“ring”
  2. Englishfawny

From Irish fáinne (“ring”). Doublet of fainne.

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APA

fawny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawny

MLA

“fawny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fawny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawny.

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